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Make wise investments The 2014 Minnesota Legislature should use money from the bonding bill on needs not wants.

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Dark plots unfoldChameleon Theatre Circle presents Sam Shepard’s dark drama “Simpatico” at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

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Wrestlers aims for state prizeArea wrestlers are gearing up for section meets when they will try to grab some of the rare spots in the state tournament.

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available Tickets are still available for the 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, Exceptional Businesswomen Recognition Event, at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center in Eagan. People can purchase the $25 tickets by going to SunThisweek.com and clicking on the Exceptional Businesswomen link. Attendees can purchase tickets on the day of the event, but should RSVP by calling Callie Rendall 952-392-6808 by noon Feb. 24.

Parade to move to first weekendMove aims to improve safety, parking, participation

in all of Rosemount Leprechaun Days events

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

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Say you can’t wait for the next Rosemount Lep-rechaun Days Grand Day Parade? Well, you won’t have to wait as long this year because the all-volunteer committee that organizes the annual summer festi-val will move the parade to the first weekend of the 10 days of events. After much delibera-tion, the committee de-cided to set the Grand Day Parade for 11 a.m. Satur-day, July 19, in an effort to improve safety, increase parking options and en-courage more participation

throughout Leprechaun Days. “We wanted to get the information out there as soon as possible, so people will have time to plan their time in Rosemount,” said Diane Wellman, commit-tee president. It was a difficult de-cision to change such a tradition, but committee members felt it was best for planning purposes by hav-ing only one major event on that day. Wellman said Rose-mount Mayor Bill Droste, City Administrator Dwight Johnson and Police Chief Eric Werner supported the committee’s decision. The committee hopes

that having the parade serve as a kickoff to Lep-rechaun Days will allow the committee to publicize some of the other 60-plus events, many of which are organized by community groups as fundraisers. “We hear from a lot of people who go to the parade that they weren’t aware of all of the other events that already hap-pened early in the week,” Wellman said. “Our plan is to hand out our sched-ule of events during the parade when we have so many people in one place, so they will know about those events and increase

The Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade will move to the first weekend of the 10-day run of events. The parade will take place Saturday, July 19, in an effort to improve safety, parking and participation in other events as it serves as a kickoff to the rest of the activities. (File photo)

All-day K to increase revenueDistrict 192 will need to hire six

to nine kindergarten teachers by Jennifer Chick

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All-day kindergarten should help Farmington Area Public Schools bottom line next year. The 2013 Minnesota Legislature approved new funding to allow free, all-day kindergarten starting in 2014 for public school districts. Any student en-rolled in all-day kindergarten will be counted as a full-time equivalent student, providing additional funding for the district. In the past, kindergarten students were only counted as 0.5 FTE. According to Farmington’s Finance Director Carl Colmark, this is one of the reasons why the district is looking at a budget surplus of $200,000 for the 2014-2015 school year, unlike 2013-2014 when the district was facing a budget shortfall of $1.1 million. Colmark said when enrollment numbers are increasing, budgets are made more efficient than when enrollment is decreasing. Revenue is coming in faster than the costs to support students, which is why that surplus is projected for next year. Starting next week, Farmington elementary schools will be holding Kindergarten Roundup

The Minnesota Zoo hosted its Tropical Beach Party from Feb. 15 to 17 when a giant sandbox was the main attraction on the Tropics Trail. The event also included face painting, calypso music, sand art activity and zookeeper talks. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Tim Leslie to run for Dakota County sheriff One week after Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bel-lows said he would not seek re-elec-tion, the man he endorsed to be his replacement said he would seek the elected office this fall. Chief Deputy Tim Les-lie made the announce-ment Tuesday in a release. “When my mentor, Da-kota County Sheriff Dave Bellows, announced he would not seek another term,” Leslie said in the release, “I started con-templating what Dakota County needs in its next sheriff; a proven leader, someone with extensive experience, a personal connection with Dakota County, and someone who will relentlessly safeguard taxpayer dollars.” As chief deputy, Leslie oversees many of the day-

to-day operations of the sheriff ’s office and works closely with law enforcement agen-cies throughout Dakota County. Bellows called Leslie “instrumen-tal in the operation

and strategic planning in the sheriff ’s office.” “Tim Leslie is well re-spected in the law enforce-ment community and his experience and leadership has been invaluable to me and the citizens of Dakota County,” Bellows said in the release. “When I considered where I have been and all the remarkable things we’ve accomplished the past almost four years, and what all we have yet to do, I realized I was ready to meet this challenge and be the next Dakota Coun-ty sheriff,” Leslie said.

Perspectives offered by women in business

Panel discussion at recognition event aims to highlight successes and challenges



For the first time in the five years of the Ex-ceptional Businesswomen awards program, people attending the recognition event will hear directly from the winners. In the past, the event has featured a guest speaker and remarks by the winners on video, but this year a panel discus-sion will highlight the successes, challenges and insights faced by these women. “This is something that grew out of comments from past attendees who wanted to hear more from the winners,” said Krista Jech, marketing man-ager for ECM Publishers Inc., which is organizing

the event through Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune. With a wide range of working experiences, the women are expected to offer perspectives that will likely complement

the stories about them that appeared in the newspaper’s Feb. 20 spe-cial section. The section appears in select editions of Sun Thisweek and the

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The Exceptional Businesswomen Recognition Event will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center. Tickets are available online for the event; visit www.SunThisweek.com and click on the Exceptional Businesswomen link. (File photo)

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Tim Leslie

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Sky is the limit for fitness goals Apple Valley man wants to share how exercise changed his life



The old Jon Reicherts would sleep in as late as he could on many days and did little exercise, which he said led to an unfulfilled life. With the new Jon Reicherts having fitness goals where the sky is the limit, there is no telling what his body can accom-plish. That’s the philosophy he wants to share with others at Skybound Fit-ness, which opened recent-ly at 15255 Carousel Way in Rosemount. The business was launched last year after the Apple Valley man taught some boot camp classes at Grand Hall in downtown Farmington in January 2013. “The classes were instantly successful,” Reicherts said. The offerings were moved outdoors in the summer when he taught them in area parks, then moved back indoors at the Rosemount site in October 2013 when Reicherts fund-ed the startup with savings from money he generated from the classes. “It is a perfect space,” Reicherts said. “It has a slight industrial feel, without being cold and too rugged, and it has a professional-looking store front. The location is ideal as it offers a niche gym

with a large-city feel in a small suburb, something missing in Rosemount.” Reicherts hopes the ca-maraderie, unusual work-out equipment and its fit-ness results will draw area residents to the no-mem-bership-fees Skybound. Pushing around over-sized tires and swinging thick ropes may not be what one thinks of when entering a gym, but at Sky-bound, they are staples. Use of the unusual equip-ment has also saved the business money it other-wise would have spent on workout machines. Skybound emphasizes group fitness classes as a way to create a family at-mosphere and being a fun, positive reinforcement to hold people accountable for fitness goals. While yoga, boot camp and Zumba classes are well known, Capoeira – a Brazilian martial art – is one of the new offering

that Reicherts says is a rar-ity in the Twin Cities. “Many of our clients are nervous and anxious when they first try a class,” he said. “They quickly be-come comfortable with the accepting atmosphere we provide.” Contributing to the family atmosphere, Reicherts, a longtime area resident, is making sure the business is involved in the community. The site was a recent drop-off loca-tion for Toys for Tots and it has offered free classes for various groups. In addition to volun-teering with Salvation Army, Reicherts’ wife, Tammy, is vice president of the Apple Valley Moms Club. Reicherts, who is mar-ried and has two young boys, said the best part about being in the fitness business is seeing relation-ships formed. “Many of our cli-ents have become great friends,” he said. “Know-ing that my business had a part of changing peoples lives not just through be-coming healthier, but im-pacting the people that

become important and instrumental in their lives, there are no words.” He said couples who have taken classes together and have made their mar-riages stronger is on the top of his list. Despite working a full-time job as security director for the Federal Aviation Administration in Farmington, Reicherts sets aside time each week to email clients to check in with them. He said he believes in being accessible to clients and offering advice as a personal trainer and nutri-tional consultant. “It’s important to be open to new ideas and to occasionally implement an idea a client has,” Reicherts said. “This makes them feel very important and listened to. They will speak your praises for a long time after that.” With an eye to the fu-ture, Reicherts said the best way to keep the busi-ness thriving is to provide results for clients. “Many people are sur-prised by how comfort-able our environment is,” Reicherts said. “Our busi-ness is family friendly, pro-viding an atmosphere sim-ilar to that of a family.” More about Skybound Fitness is at www.sky-boundfitness.com. Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Jon Reicherts is owner of Skybound Fitness in Rosemount. Reicherts described himself as a person who used to sit around on the couch a lot but transformed his outlook on life by starting an exercise regimen. (Photo submitted)

Clients at Skybound Fitness in Rosemount don’t pay any enrollment fees. They pay for classes they want to take, such as those that incorporate boxing. (Photo submitted)

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE February 20, 2014 3A

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK


At Tuesday night’s Farmington City Council meeting, council mem-bers awarded a contract to complete curb work and repair in Akin Park Es-tates. Farmington bid the project as two alternates. The first alternate includ-ed full curb replacement in the east project area and spot repairs to the curb in the west project area at Akin Park Estates. The second alternate included replacement of all curb in the project area. According to the city, when the east project area was developed, city stan-dards did not include plac-ing rebar in the curb over service lines such as sewer and water for each house. This has contributed to settling of the curb in the east project area. By the time the west project area was devel-

oped, city standards had changed and the curbs, while weathered in that area, do not have the same settling issues as the east project area. Because of this, the council decided to go with the first alternate and awarded the bid to Val-ley Paving of Shakopee for $907,924. The project is set to start in June with tentative completion set before school starts in the fall. In the fall of 2013, Farmington sold bonds to finance this project. Any funds remaining af-ter the Akin Park Estates rehabilitation project will be used on the Ninth and Hickory Street project and for work west of Pilot Knob Road near Euclid Path and adjoining city streets. Estimates are that approximately $450,000 will remain after the Akin Park Estates project is completed. Those funds will then be used on those

future projects. In other business, Tom Ryan, of Farmington, asked if the city and fire department have a plan in case of a train derail-ment in the city limits. He lives 1 1/2 blocks from the railroad tracks and is wor-ried that a derailment of the oil trains that regularly come through Farmington would devastate the city. “I’m deathly scared that one of them is going to come unglued and we’ll have the biggest fire you’ve ever seen in this city,” he said. He also asked how the city will be disposing of dead ash trees. He pointed out other surrounding cit-ies have set aside signifi-cant funds to deal with the problem and he asked how Farmington will be deal-ing with the problem. City Administrator Dave McKnight took note of Ryan’s concerns and said he would contact him with answers.

A 46-year-old Farm-ington woman pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 13, to felony second-de-gree manslaughter involv-ing endangerment of a child in connection with the death of 3-month-old Kaiden Robert Staebell on July 31, 2012, while he was in her care at her home day care facility in Farm-ington. Rebecca Lynn Graupmann was originally charged May 22, 2013, with another second-degree manslaughter count and three gross misdemeanors that will be dismissed at sentencing, which is slated for April 15. “We are pleased the de-fendant accepted responsi-bility for her actions that caused the death of a child in her care,” Dakota Coun-ty Attorney James Back-strom said in a release.

“Our deepest sympathy is extended to the family of Kaiden Staebell for their great loss.” Graupmann was li-censed to care for 12 chil-dren. The child care was shut down following the death after her day care li-cense was suspended. An autopsy ruled Stae-bell’s death was accidental by “probable positional asphyxiation,” according to the complaint. Graupmann allegedly told police initially that Staebell fell asleep in a car seat, but a detective no-ticed a wet spot with what appeared to be blood in another bed in the house. When confronted with what the detective found, Graupmann told police she had put Staebell in her daughter’s adult bed for a nap on top of a comforter. She said later she saw the

child on his side in the bed and left him in that posi-tion. Staebell’s parents’ ver-bal and written instruc-tions were to always lay him on his back, the com-plaint said. In speaking with police, Graupmann also referenced a crib that she should have put to-gether for Staebell’s nap times. Graupmann said she later found the child “cold to the touch, his lips were blue, and he had blood around his nose when she picked him up.” She then called 911. She told police she “should not have laid him in the bed” multiple times. Backstrom thanked the Farmington Police De-partment for their thor-ough investigation in this case.

– Tad Johnson

Akin Park Estates curb project to move forward

Farmington woman to be sentenced for manslaughter


About saving face To the editor: The Dakota County Board took action to ad-just the process for the Lebanon Hills Regional Park Master Plan, leading to the appearance of con-cern for citizens and the park. During the board’s dis-cussion at its Feb. 11 meet-ing, not one single com-missioner mentioned that perhaps this plan does not meet citizens expectations. Not one comment regard-ing residents’ concerns over this plan’s violation of the 2001 plan. No dis-cussion over concerns

regarding the cost of on-going maintenance for all this development through a valued natural park. No discussion that the vast majority of public com-ments received during the past year have been op-posed to this development plan. Instead, the commis-sioners’ discussion focused on the negative perception people have of them. It fo-cused on how to erase the black mark earned by this County Board. It focused on how strict of guide-lines should be placed on a potential citizen group. In other words, it focused on how to repair their im-age … and still develop re-

gional bike trails through the park. Their discussion was disappointing. Their ac-tion taken was about sav-ing face above all else.

LYNN M. UTECHT St. Paul Park

Give everyone a raise To the editor: Let’s dump the talking points and think about the income inequality gap. The lowest income is, and always will be, $0. The highest income, due to productivity, inflation, so-cietal valuation and other factors, is almost always

on the rise. A widening in-come gap is not to be be-moaned or celebrated. It’s a mathematical certainty being used as another left-ist manufactured crisis whose solution just hap-pens to be more redistribu-tion of wealth. One com-ponent of which happens to be a push for increasing the minimum wage. Em-ployment is subject to the same market forces as any other product. When the price is artificially raised there will be less demand, increasing unemployment at the margin. If the true goal were to give everyone a raise, cut taxes. KEVIN SCHLEPPENBACHApple Valley

Snow angels To the editor: I looked out the win-dow Monday, Feb. 17, and didn’t think there had been much snow. So I got in my car and proceeded down the driveway. Near the street I became stuck, and the more I tried to get out, the more stuck I be-

came. The back half of my station wagon was in the street. The street had not been plowed either. As I contemplated what to do, a good Samaritan came around the corner to help me. And then another one came by and stopped and then another. I am handi-capped and really needed their help, so a great big thanks to the snow angels who stopped on Redwood Drive on Monday.

KAREN KRUMPELMANN Apple Valley

Make Dodd Road safe To the editor: I travel the stretch of Dodd Road where Alyssa Ettl died in a car accident often, probably two of three times per week. Once in a while, I take my fresh-man daughter to school at Lakeville North in the morning. More frequently, I take my sixth-grade son (and a teammate or two of his) to and from basket-ball practice at the school.

Long before Dec. 4, 2013, the many times I’ve trav-eled that road, I thought of the danger – going around that curve, the 55 mph speed limit, no shoul-der, slippery conditions. This paper has printed a number of my letters, most of which were re-written over and over in an effort to make my point clear in as little words as possible. But this time, the words come so easily. I think of my daugh-ter and all of her friends. And I think of my son and his friends. So many of whom I’m watching grow up, have coached in flag football, basketball and baseball. I’ve become close with many of their parents. It’s been such a joy watching them grow up together and I know anybody with kids in any extra-curricular activities can relate. My daughter stood in the enormously long line the night of Alyssa’s wake at All Saints Church. She cried her eyes out the day of the tragedy. She still has a simple draw-

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Use state bonding dollars wisely

Education columnist inspires changes

If you had a billion dollars to spend on any public project within Minnesota, what would you choose? Would you spend $5 million to build a new security fence around the Shakopee prison, $500,000 for “pre-design” design, to improve and renovate historic Fort Snelling or $10 million to preserve public housing for low-income families? Should $20 million go to Minneapolis to spruce up the Nicollet Mall? Or may-be $7 million for the sculpture garden, to help the spoon get its shine back? How about $37 million for the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, $800,000 to restore the Carnegie Library in Bemidji, $5 million for an Asian carp barrier in Coon Rapids, or $3.1 million for a bike trail in Becker County? These are all real projects submitted to the state department of finance to be included in the 2014 bonding bill. Traditionally in Minnesota, the odd-numbered year is budget time for state lawmakers. They approve a two-year budget that covers revenues, expenses and all of the costs needed to keep our government running. The even-numbered year – here we are, 2014 – is a bonding year. Bonding is a government word for borrowing mon-ey. Minnesotans borrow money to buy a car, a boat or a snowmobile. It’s the same

thing. We take out a mortgage to buy a house or frivolously max out credit cards at 22 percent interest on things we don’t need. Government can do the same – spend wisely, spend foolishly or choose to not spend at all. The most recent state revenue report was quite good. The state is showing a surplus and might actually have a few extra million that can be put away for a rainy day. So now, back to the question: Where would you spend a billion dollars? Would you pick only projects within 10 miles of your home, so you person-ally could benefit? Would you concen-trate all of the spending in the Twin Cit-ies? Would you want to spread out the money, so everyone from Cambridge to Caledonia, from Lakeville to Little Falls, from Bloomington to Baudette, got a piece of the pie? Would you place priority on projects that enhanced the safety of our residents? Or would you pick the projects based on entertainment and recreation? Would you favor dull but necessary projects such as correcting waste-water discharge

issues? Or might you pick $8 million to build an arts center? Our state’s leaders will soon have to answer those questions. The initial “wish list” included over $4 billion in project requests. Gov. Mark Dayton wanted to narrow the list to about $1 billion and his official recom-mendation came in just under that at $986 million. As the 2014 legislative session ap-proaches, the structure and composition of the project list will be a huge topic. Legislative leaders will bring at least two, if not four versions of the spending list into the debate. House Republicans will not have the same list as House Demo-crats. Senate Republicans and Demo-crats will differ from each other. All four groups may have lists totally different from the governor’s. This is indeed a topic where each Min-nesotan should send a message to his or her legislator, suggesting priorities and specific needs. Is $1 billion about the right total? Or is it way too much? Should we borrow half that? Maybe you think we should go all out right now, while interest rates are low, and borrow a couple of extra billion dollars to fix dilapidated and dangerous rural bridges? As an editorial board, we support one project whole-hardheartedly: Our

incredibly beautiful State Capitol build-ing, designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert, needs to be fully reconstructed and renovated so the building stands glo-rious and strong generations from now. We urge lawmakers to continue their bi-partisan support and approve the $126 million needed to preserve our Capitol. As for the many other worthy projects, we would offer these suggestions: Projects that benefit the whole state should have priority over local-only re-quests. Public safety needs to be high on the list – for example, bridges that are dan-gerous should be repaired or replaced. Be practical, placing “needs” over “wants.” Can we afford to enhance an art center before we fix rotting walls at a state prison? Finally, be frugal over fanciful. Our state and nation’s economy is still in re-covery, we still see ups and downs in fi-nancial markets. Job growth continues, but yet many are unemployed. How should we spend a billion dol-lars? Wisely.

This is an opinion from the ECM Publish-ers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers.

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Joe Nathan’s weekly columns pub-lished by this newspaper are making a difference, potentially helping save fami-lies of college-bound students millions of dollars while helping improve public schools. ECM Publishers is proud to publish Nathan’s columns. His messages are shak-ing up content on state and school district websites, getting out information that state law requires schools to distribute. Nathan, director of the Center for School Change and author of two books, is a former award-winning Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president. He’s a frequent commen-tator on local and national radio and television. He helped write the Post-Sec-ondary Enrollment Options legislation, which enables sophomores, juniors and seniors to take college courses while they are in high school. High school students can earn a year of college credit, or more, thus saving on costly college tuition. Nathan is determined that the Min-nesota Department of Education and school superintendents obey the law and provide complete information for 10th graders who are eligible to take these col-lege classes for the first time. While monitoring the Department of Education website, Nathan saw incom-plete information about the 10th-grade career and technical PSEO option that the Legislature approved in 2012. He wrote about it in his column and con-tacted Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, who directed that more com-plete information be provided on the

state’s website. Earlier she had encour-aged school superintendents to provide information about dual-credit courses by March 1, as required by state law. What vital information about post-secondary options is revealed in these changes? • Low-income families can get funds from the state to pay for their child’s transportation to take PSEO courses at four-year universities and two-year com-munity or technical schools. • Tenth-graders who have passed the state’s eighth-grade reading test are eli-gible to take a free career and technical college course. If they earn a C grade or better on their first semester course, they can take additional classes in the second semester. • Some PSEO courses also are online. Contact the Department of Educa-tion with questions about dual-credit courses. The department’s Web page with PSEO information is at bit.ly/1nubZ1H. To Cassellius’ credit, after reading Na-than’s concerns about lack of updated information on the department website, she had it changed. Nathan monitored 61 websites, mostly in ECM’s reader area, and noticed many of them, too, had incomplete informa-tion about PSEO opportunities for 10th graders. He contacted school district

superintendents before he wrote his col-umn. Some said they didn’t know their website information was incomplete and thanked him for the alert. Last month, Nathan also looked at more than 25 Minnesota two-year col-lege websites and found that almost half did not mention the 10th-grade career tech option. He contacted Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancel-lor Steve Rosenstone. Again, to Rosen-stone’s credit, updates were completed. Nathan regrets there is such a discon-nect between the time laws are passed and when complete information about the law is put on school district websites. Nathan says he is determined to spread the word about dual-credit cours-es, including Advanced Placement, Col-lege in the Schools and PSEO, because research shows students who take these classes can save thousands of dollars and are almost twice as likely to graduate from some form of higher education. On another front, Nathan is pres-suring the Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education and administrators of Min-nesota public colleges and universities to obey the state law and release the figures for how many Minnesota students from each public high school are taking reme-dial courses in college. State law requires the Department of Education and the public post-secondary groups to work together to produce an annual report on this. But despite the requirement that there be a yearly, public report, no study has been produced since 2011. He continues to ask the department and Office of Higher Education, which apparently has taken over for the public

university officials, about the study. This report is important because the state’s educators need to know how many public high school graduates are taking remedial courses so they can change strategies to reduce that number. Parents also should be concerned because they might be paying the costs for their students to take these remedial courses taught in college. They also can compare remediation rates for various high schools. Nathan cites research showing that nationally only 25 percent of students who have to take remedial courses in two-year colleges earn an associate de-gree in eight years. He says that, according to the Minne-sota Office of Higher Education, 22 per-cent of full-time, newly enrolled students graduate, on average, from Minnesota state public colleges and universities sys-tem members in four years, compared to the 48 percent who graduate in six years, in part because they had to take remedial courses and had problems with post-sec-ondary education costs. Nathan’s agenda going forward as he writes columns is to have more students graduate from high school, have fewer high school students need to take reme-dial courses in college and boost the rate of one-, two- or four-year college gradu-ates. ECM Publishers is pleased to partner with Nathan as he writes well-document-ed columns that get results and improve the quality of education of students.

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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ing entitled “AE – trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” taped to our refrigerator in our kitchen. Make it the most beau-tiful stretch of road in Lakeville with lights, land-scaping and wide shoul-ders. And rename that stretch of road Alyssa Ettl Way. Don’t worry about the money. Our commu-nity will come together to take care of that. And we’ll never forget the trag-edy of Dec. 4, 2013.

MARK BELLILELakeville

Recycle more To the editor: Most trash haulers charge by the size of your garbage bin, so your recy-cling is free. I would encourage people to get the smallest garbage bin possible and the largest recycling bin possible, that way you save money. You are also sav-ing the planet!

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

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Dakota County Tribune and is posted online at the Exceptional Busi-nesswomen link at Sun-Thisweek.com. “We are very excited to have this panel discus-sion,” Jech said. “We ex-pect the winners to talk about the challenges they met along the way, some of those related to wom-en’s changing roles in the workplace.” The variety of stories is expected to be reveal-ing, as the panel includes Audrey Aronoson John-son, who was among the first class of women to be accepted in the Har-vard-Radcliffe School of Business for Women pro-gram in 1959, and Linda Radue, who was among one of the few women in the vehicle sales business when she started six years ago. Though Johnson is above the typical retire-ment age, she continues to work with the Lakeville-based property manage-ment business Johnson Companies, and Radue is one of Volkswagen’s top salespersons in the state

and country. The panel will also in-clude perspectives from small business and in-dustry with honorees Karen DeVaughn of Life Wellness Center, which offers chiropractic care in Lakeville and Eagan, and Karen Wentworth of Lakeville-based Hobo Inc., which primarily makes chemicals for the car wash and agricultural industries. Innovative Office So-lutions co-founder and CEO Jennifer Smith will talk about her journey to build a small compa-ny into one of the most prominent office product suppliers in the country. Roz Peterson will talk about how she balances her business and civic in-terests as broker for Cer-ron Commercial Prop-erties, a member of the Lakeville Area School Board, active volunteer with area chambers and political candidate. Kari Mitchell of Rosemount-based Char-ity Events of Minnesota will offer her perspective from the nonprofit world as she’s raised millions of dollars over the years to

fund research and other services for those affected by such fatal diseases as cancer and AIDS. Other award winners this year are Diane Lindo and Lara Kelley of the Minnesota School of Beauty and Stacey Mar-molejo, of Eagan-based Rock Mammas. The panel discussion will be moderated by Catherine Byers Breet, a 2013 Exceptional Busi-nesswomen honoree, who is chief stripe changer at ARBEZ Inc., a company she founded that coaches job seekers to find their true callings. Breet, an Eagan resi-dent for 12 years, is a motivational speaker, de-veloper of the Dream Job Workshop Series and has led countless discussions like the one expected Tuesday. She has encouraged people to tap into their thoughts about the per-fect career through in-dividual sessions, work-shops and the Easter Job Transitions Group at Easter Lutheran Church in Eagan. Her goal is to help people find a career to

thrive in and truly be happy. “Most people spend their lives stifling that roar, trying to fit into other people’s plans,” she said. “Every single one of us has something special to offer this world, and when we finally acknowl-edge our unique gifts, and give ourselves permission to be great, we can change the world.” Breet has gone through career transitions on her own. She’s spent time as a summer camp counselor, tour guide, flight atten-dant and she’s traveled the world. For nine years she worked as a corporate recruiter and “headhunt-er,” but felt the urge to go out on her own. In 2006 she launched ARBEZ, which provides tools, customized train-ing and solutions for ca-reer counselors, corpora-tions, higher education and organizations. AR-BEZ, zebra spelled back-ward, believes people can change their stripes.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

WOMEN, from 1A Polar Bear Plunge The 2014 South Metro Polar Bear Plunge begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Crystal Beach, 1100 Crystal Lake Road E., Burnsville. The event is a fund-raiser for Special Olym-pics Minnesota. The 2013 south metro event raised about $252,240 as more than 1,090 people took the plunge in icy waters. For more information, visit plungemn.org.

Recycle electronics Televisions, computers and other electronics that are outdated or unwanted can be recycled for free at The Recycling Zone in Dakota County. The facility is located at 3365 Dodd Road, Ea-gan. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday; noon to 8 p.m. Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information about accepted items, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search Recycling Zone.


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Dakota Electric offers students trip to Washington Dakota Electric Associ-ation will provide five high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., as part of the National Ru-ral Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour, June 13-19. During the trip, stu-dents learn about electric cooperatives and govern-ment, meet elected of-ficials and tour national monuments and sites. To apply, students who live in a household that receives power from Da-kota Electric can pick up an application form from their high school guidance counselor, download a form at www.dakotaelec-tric.com or pick one up at Dakota Electric’s Farm-ington office. The application dead-line is Feb. 28. Interviews are scheduled for March 13 and 17. For more infor-

mation, call Peggy John-son at 651-463-6110.

Local members attend conference Melisa Bauer, Amanda Durow, Dale Hallcock and Brian Randolph of Dakota County Farm Bureau joined over 200 Farm Bureau members from across the state who recently attended the Min-nesota Farm Bureau Fed-eration Leadership Con-ference in Fargo. Attendees toured North Dakota State Univer-sity Beef Cattle Research Complex, Commodity Trading Room, Research Greenhouse Complex and Northern Crops Institute. Discussion meet con-testants also competed in the preliminary rounds of the competition while at the conference. Contestants are judged on their basic knowledge of critical farm issues and their ability to exchange ideas and information in a setting aimed at coopera-

tive problem solving. Brian Randolph of Randolph, representing Dakota County Farm Bu-reau, was one of the “Elite 8” winners of the discus-sion meet and will com-pete in the final rounds of competition at the Min-nesota Farm Bureau Fed-eration Annual Meeting in November.

Farmington Library event During its remodeling project, the Farmington Library is located in tem-porary space on the sec-ond floor of City Hall, 430 Third St. in downtown Farmington. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday and Tues-day; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Fri-day; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday. Closed on Sunday. • Storytime for All Ages, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Fri-day, Feb. 28. Stories and activities for mixed-ages such as child care groups and families. Ages 0-6. Call 651-438-0250 for more information.

Free home staging seminar Realtor Denise Sjoberg and interior designer Patty Farris will offer a free sem-inar on home staging from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in Room 215 of the Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Participants will learn the tricks professional stagers and real estate agents use to make homes attractive and enticing to buyers. For more information, call Sjoberg at 651-485-8137 or Farris at 651-587-6532.

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Navy Seaman Appren-tice James E. Earp, son of Peter and Leiah Earp of Farmington, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Earp is a 2013 Farm-ington High School grad-uate.

Fifteen District 196 seniors selected National Merit finalists All 15 District 196 se-niors who were named semifinalists in the 2013-14 National Merit Schol-arship Program last fall have been selected final-ists and are now eligible to compete for the more than 8,000 merit scholar-ships totaling more than $35 million which will be awarded this spring. The finalists are Al-exandria Daggett and Jonathan Morrow of Ap-ple Valley High School; Nurullah Goren, Emily Quick, Alexandra Rosati, Laurel Scott and Mat-thew Tran of Eagan High School; Jiwon Joung, John Kurila, Elizabeth Palmi, Mara Reed and Jay Schuffenhauer of Eastview High School; and Emily Brossart, Con-nor Hagen and Anshika Rai of Rosemount High School. National Merit post-secondary scholarships

are awarded by the Na-tional Merit Scholarship Corporation, businesses, and colleges and universi-ties nationwide. Students are selected for the National Merit and Achievement programs each fall based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Schol-arship Qualifying Test, which they take as juniors. Approximately 1.5 million students at 22,000 U.S. high schools took the qual-ifying test last school year. Students who score in the top 1 percent of students nationwide are selected as semifinalists and can then submit additional infor-mation to be considered as a finalist. Students who score in the top 5 percent of students nationally are named commended stu-dents; 29 District 196 stu-dents earned commended status last fall.

Applications open for Woodland’s Terry Langager Scholarship Woodland Elementary in Eagan will be awarding a $500 scholarship in hon-or and memory of Terry Langager, the school’s first principal. The scholarship will be awarded to a deserv-ing high school senior who attended Woodland for three or more years. Students apply for this scholarship by obtain-ing applications at the Guidance Offices in Ea-gan High School and the School of Environmental Studies. The award can be used for any post-secondary training and/or education-al pursuit at an accredited institution. It is not lim-ited to college-bound stu-dents only. A committee of teach-ers, staff and parents will select the scholarship win-ner. The deadline for turn-ing in applications to the high school is April 1.

Info night at Paideia Paideia Academy, a tuition-free public char-ter school for children in grades kindergarten through eight, will hold a 2014-15 open enroll-ment information night for prospective families of elementary and middle school students from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. For additional information or a tour of the school, call 952-953-6200 or visit www.paideiaacademy.org. Pai-deia Academy is at 7200 W. 147th St., Apple Valley.

‘Rats!’ at Meadowview Meadowview Elemen-tary fourth- and fifth-graders will present a free performance of the musi-cal “Rats! – The Pied Piper Story” at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 27, in the school cafetorium. The performance caps an after-school youth en-richment class provided by Farmington Community Education and teachers Erica Winters and Jacalyn Eisenzimmer.

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Family History Day in Lakeville The Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a free Family History Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, March 15, at the Lakeville Stake Center, 18460 Kachina Court. The event includes RootsTech 2014 presenta-tions, live classes and free time in the Family History Center. For more informa-tion and to sign up, visit www.lds.org/familyhis-toryfair.

Lenten retreat is March 8 The annual Parish Lenten Retreat will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Mary, Moth-er of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. This year’s theme is “Drinking from the Well – Dipping into the Heart of the Trinity.” A children’s Par-ish Lenten Retreat also is available. Teens and young adults are welcome at the regular session. Registration will be taken after all Masses beginning Feb. 22 and 23. Cost is $15, which in-cludes lunch. For information about the retreat, contact Julia Taube at 952-890-0045, ext. 236, or [email protected]. For informa-tion about the children’s retreat, contact Cindy

Monn, 952-890-0045, ext. 243, or [email protected].

Lunch for pastors Eagan-based AM 980 KKMS Radio’s sixth an-nual Pastors Appreciation Luncheon will be 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at The Lafay-ette Club in Minnetonka Beach. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Rob-ert Jeffress of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. The event is free and open to all pastors and ministry leaders. Early reg-istration is recommended by visiting kkms.com or by calling 651-405-8800.

Tai chi and chai tea at Grace Grace United Method-ist Church, 15309 Maple Island Drive, Burnsville, will offer the Arthritis Foundation’s Tai Chi Pro-gram. Classes will be held 10-10:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 25 to April 8. They will be followed by an optional time for tea and conversation. Past participants in this program have reported decreased joint pain and stress, increased range of motion and improved bal-ance. Cost is $35. Scholar-ships are available. To register or for more infor-mation, call Tracy at 952-215-7052.

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Apple Valley’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon was honored with a Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, at the eighth annual Star of the North ceremony Feb. 13 at Kenwood Trail Middle School in Lakeville. Last summer, Apple Valley and Rosemount’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon organizations held their annual Bad Apple Golf Tournament. Eighty-four golfers turned out at the Fountain Valley Golf Course in Farmington to participate in the event. The tournament raised $9,364 for both groups to help serve the needs of local veterans and their families. The award was accepted by Beyond the Yellow Ribbon members Bruce Folken, Bill Tschohl, Nancy Tschohl, Paul Chellsen, William Nygaard III, and Rich Davey. (Photo submitted)

The Farmington High School girls volleyball team received a Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition on Feb. 13 from U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, for packing 20,000 meals for Hope for the City. The project was an opportunity for them to give back to the community as a team. Teammates Vanessa Garske, Hannah Garske, Emma Fahnin and Kenzie Hesse accepted the award. They were joined by coaches Troy Hedtke, Mike Woody and Jon Ostagaard. (Photo submitted)

Several area residents and organizations were recognized Feb. 13 by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, and received Congressional Certificates of Special Recognition for their acts of kindness at the eighth annual Star of the North ceremony at Kenwood Trail Middle School in Lakeville. Farmington honorees included: • Volunteers from Farmington Allina Clinic put together 740 food

packs on a single Saturday last year. The volunteers were joined by community members in making these food packs for the Farm-ington Food Shelf. • Members of the Faith United Methodist Church in Farmington pack lunches every week for ele-mentary students in need. In partnership with the Farmington School Dis-trict and 360 Communi-ties, the congregation do-nates food and packs the bags. The ministry also

collected hats, mittens, coats, gloves, and scarves for children at Farming-ton Elementary. • The Farmington High School girls volley-ball team packed 20,000 meals last year for Hope for the City, a nonprofit that provides meals for people in need world-wide. The packed meals benefited the Farmington Food Shelf. In addition to packing the meals, each girl was expected to raise $175.

Velvet Tones, the senior adult community chorus of Apple Valley, will present its annual Festival of Music at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley. The free concert will feature the Southview Singers from Southview Elementary in Apple Valley. Stan Turner will serve as master of ceremonies. For more information, call 952-432-1081, visit www.velvettones.org or email [email protected]. (Photo submitted)

KCs host spaghetti bingo The Farmington Knights of Columbus Council 2400 will host a spaghetti dinner and an evening of bingo Saturday, Feb. 22, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farming-ton. The spaghetti dinner is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6-12, and a maximum of $25 for families. Children 5 and under are free. Popcorn, soft-serve ice cream, wine, beer and soft drinks will also be available. Prizes to be given away include turkeys and hams. Proceeds will be used for charitable and service projects sponsored by the KCs.

Lenten dinners at VFW Rosemount VFW Post 9433 will offer all-you-can-eat fish fry dinners from 5-8 p.m. Fridays, March 7 through April 18. Cost is $11. Information: 651-423-9938.

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Once you’ve made the decision to send your son or daughter to a private school, you need to choose which school it will be. There are a myriad of education styles available today, and the choices are varied and interesting. In addition to the type of school, the choice of school is just as impor-tant. So, how SHOULD you go about choosing a school for yourself and/or your child? The choice you ultimately make can have a big impact in many ways. Here are some important qualities to look for in se-lecting a school that meets your specific needs. Does the school offer a full range of activities – sports, drama, music and student activities? For high schools, are the college entrance test scores above average? How many students go on to college? What is the school’s graduation rate? Read the school’s mis-sion statement. If it’s a faith-based school, read and understand its beliefs and principles. You should agree with their statement

of faith or values. Private schools will include their educational philosophy and beliefs throughout their curriculum. More intangible but very important is the school’s atmosphere. Will your student feel comfortable in the com-munity and personality of the school? Every pri-vate school has a distinct atmosphere that is unique to that school. Visit the school for a day and have your child go to classes so they can experience the student life. When you walk in the door, is the school pleas-ant and clean? You want to know that every effort is being undertaken to keep the facility as sanitary as possible. Talk to the school’s in-structors and make some notes. Ask them some hard questions: How do they handle discipline problems? What do they expect from each student? How do they promote good behavior? Do they act like the role models that they are? Watch how the instruc-tors interact with students.

Are they happy to be there? Do they treat each person as an important part of the class, or focus on “high-achiever” stu-dents? Are they respectful of the students, or do they simply demand obedience? These things will help you see a clear picture of the school. Finally, look at the stu-dents. Do they seem to be engaged in the process? Are they interested or bored? Are they happy? Ultimately you will have to deal with the fi-nancial issue. This is very important. Ask the school to provide you with its costs upfront. Don’t set yourself up for disappoint-ment. Make sure there are no surprises in this area. Finding the best school for your needs isn’t a mat-ter of luck. If you do your homework before choos-ing a school, you will find that there are differ-ences in each school. In-formation will make you an informed buyer, and will provide your best op-portunity for achieving the educational goals you have set for yourself and/or your child.

As every semester begins, college students re-search online, trying to find the best deals on textbooks. According to Colleg-eBoard, college students spend an average of $1,200 per year on textbooks. It’s no secret that expenses are high for students pursuing higher education and many young adults are constantly seeking ways to save money. Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Da-

kota reminds students e-textbooks are an option to consider. Many publishing com-panies have begun to offer textbooks in an e-textbook format, made for comput-ers, tablets and e-readers, at a lower price than the hard-cover texts found in campus bookstores. So why aren’t more students opting for a tablet instead of carrying around multiple textbooks? There are some advantages

and disadvantages to using a tablet or e-reader rather than traditional textbooks, and the BBB suggests that students should consider them all before making the decision to switch up their study tools. Reasons students should consider e-textbooks: • E-textbooks are signifi-cantly less expensive than their hard-copy counter-parts. However, you have to factor in the cost of the tab-

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Textbooks versus E-books? Advice for college studentslet or reader itself, ranging anywhere from $80 to $300, depending on the model you choose. So you’ll want to make sure that the sav-ings will be worth the invest-ment in the end. If you’re an incoming freshman or sophomore, chances are the investment is worth it, but if you have only a semester or two of school left and are planning to purchase the e-reader solely for academic purposes, you may want to just stick to traditional text-books. • Imagine all of your heavy textbooks compacted into one, lightweight de-vice. This not only takes the strain off of your back, but also makes it a lot easier to do homework anywhere. Also, you have all of your textbooks in one spot,

which is definitely a conve-nience. • Most tablets operate off of Wi-Fi and can be used for many things be-sides just reading e-books. Reasons some students might stick with traditional textbooks: • With most textbooks, you may be able to sell them back to the bookstore or online at the end of the se-mester, giving you at least some of your cash back. Keep in mind that you can’t re-sell e-textbooks. • Tablets and e-readers may actually hinder study habits for those used to learning from physical text-books. Some people might find it more difficult to an-notate and take notes with e-textbook formats. Stu-dents that use e-textbooks

may choose to continue taking notes on paper. • Not all textbooks are available in all formats. Some editions may only be available as standard text-books. If you choose to opt for a tablet or an e-reader, you will also want to do some research to find out which model is the best fit for you. Read consumer reviews and make sure you under-stand the features that each tablet offers. If you already own an e-reader or a tablet, you may want to experiment with one e-textbook, to see how – and if – that works for you. Contact the BBB at bbb.org or 651-699-1111, toll-free at 1-800-646-6222.

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One Act Eagan and Eastview high schools both earned a starred-performance rating at the state One-Act Play Festival Feb. 13 at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul. Eight Class AA schools qualified for the state festival and Eagan and Eastview were two of the four schools that earned a starred performance, the highest rating possible. For Eagan, it was the school’s 19th ap-pearance at the state festival and 18th starred-performance rating, which leads all schools in the state. Eagan performed “The Diviners” by Jim Leonard Jr., directed by Nancy Owza-rek. Members of the cast include Nicholas Saxton, Jackson Cobb, Zach Markon, Sar-ah Paulus, Luke Kruenegel, Sarah Lardy, Kasai Guzior, Lizzie Sandstrom, Will Cob-bett and Sam Chipman. Miriam Barnicle provided music, Dan Debner was stage manager, Chloe Reynolds on costumes, Victoria Pollock on lights, Morgan Rain-ford on sound, and Camille Nierengarten and Megan Grindeland were running crew members. For Eastview, it was the school’s 10th appearance at the state festival and 10th starred-performance rating. Eastview performed “Frozen” by Bryo-ny Lavery, directed by Scott Durocher and Rob Rachow. Members of the cast include Kacie Riddle, Rachel Williams and Mason

Swain. The performance included original instrumental music composed by East-view graduate Aria Stiles and performed by Sophie Dahedl. Members of the crew include Paige Kraemer, Kelsey Arndt, Ol-ivia Chrysler, Allison Dodge, Brady Hae-semeyer, Andy Johns, Taylor Orman, Ellen Plumb, Sarah Amundson, Michelle Chen, Brian Coan, Sarah Faste, Holly Hepp, Mi-chelle Jones, Bhoomie Parikh and Noah Skantz.

College news University of Iowa, Iowa City, fall grad-uates, from Farmington – Kayla Jarvis, B.A., communication studies; from Rose-mount – Lahcen Grass, M.B.A., business administration. Kelsi Wright of Lakeville, a 2011 gradu-ate of Rosemount High School, was named to the dean’s list for the spring and fall 2013 semesters at Concordia College, Moor-head. Bethel University, St. Paul, fall dean’s list, from Rosemount – Brianna Albers, Jus-tine Boecker, Madeline Johnson, Danielle MacGillivray, Micaella Petrich, Jesse Webb. University of Wisconsin-Stout, fall chancellor’s award recipients, from Rose-mount – Ryan Gould, Alexis Johnson, Nathan Larson, Hannah Kelly, Kyle Mills, Meghan Olson, Benjamin Weiand.

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In a tangible display of compassion, tribute and honor, the Lakeville com-munity responded so thor-oughly to a book drive in the memory of Alyssa Ettl that its outpouring more than quadrupled organiz-ers’ goals. Ettl, a compassionate and selfless 16-year-old whose Dec. 4 fatal car crash shook the community, had before her death shared with friends her desire to hold a book drive for el-ementary students in need. In her honor, about 15 of Ettl’s friends recently carried out her plans by holding a two-week book drive. Their stated goal was to gather 1,000 new and used elementary-level books to donate to Andersen Unit-ed Community School in Minneapolis.

The effort brought in far more than anticipat-ed: 4,550 new and used books, according to Ettl’s friend and one of the book drive organizers, Lake-ville North junior Caleb Bussler. To culminate the drive, organizers held a Feb. 12 community event at Lakeville North, featur-ing music, entertainment and food, where they also sold T-shirts, bracelets, car stickers and raffle tickets, raising about $1,200 to fund a scholarship being established in Ettl’s name. Riley Mostaert, a Lake-ville North junior, got the second of the light blue T-shirts (Ettl’s favorite color) at the event. She said she and Ettl played basketball together, and she wears them during warm-ups. “I wanted another one because I wear it so much,” she said.

Lakeville North junior Karly Smrekar said de-mand for the clothing and bracelets memorializing Ettl have been so strong they only have a few items left from the second re-order. Bussler said the volun-teers are considering car-rying on the book drive in the future for different schools. “I’m very happy with the turnout and want to thank everyone for the in-volvement,” Bussler said in an email. “It meant so much to everyone involved that it was successful and that we could work with the community of Lakeville to give back. The recep-tion was awesome, and it makes me very interested and excited to see where we can go from here.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Organizers wearing T-shirts in memory of Lakeville North junior Alyssa Ettl sold raffle tickets at the Feb. 12 community event that capped off the group’s two-week book drive. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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Grand Opening

Couple’s nonprofit honors the daughter they lost

Mary Moon Foundation hosts ‘Make a Splash’ children’s hospital fundraiser March 9

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Over time, Peter and Christine O’Keefe turned their grief into a spirit of giving. The Apple Valley cou-ple founded the Mary Moon Foundation to hon-or their 3-year-old daugh-ter Mary, who died from cancer in July 2009. The nonprofit founda-tion grew out of Chris-tine’s efforts, in the wake of Mary’s passing, to bring art supplies to chil-dren at the Minneapolis hospital where her daugh-ter had been treated, in hopes of brightening the days of other kids there. Founded in 2011, the Mary Moon Founda-tion conducts fundrais-ing events to help finance

art supplies, toys and games for the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital. (The foundation is so named because Mary’s nickname was Moon.) The good work of the Mary Moon Foundation was acknowledged by Mike and Jenny O’Masta of Eagan, whose 5-year-old daughter Grace spent 445 days in the hospi-tal while awaiting a new heart. The hospital’s Child-Family Life Services kept Grace and her sister Ol-ivia busy with art projects, Play-Doh and movies dur-ing the stay. “They made a pretty horrible situation some-what better, not only for our children but also for us parents,” Jenny O’Masta

said. “They took care of the simple things you wouldn’t think about and they were just there, there to do the ‘spirit’ things.” The Mary Moon Foun-dation is hosting its third annual “Make a Splash” event March 9 at the Wa-ter Park of America in Bloomington, with pro-ceeds going to Child-Family Life Services at the Minneapolis children’s hospital. Tickets for the event are $12 and can be purchased at www.marymoonfoun-dation.org. The founda-tion is also hosting a silent auction in conjunction with “Make a Splash,” and details can be found on the website.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Peter and Christine O’Keefe of Apple Valley say that a multitude of toys, craft projects and other activities helped lessen the unease of their daughter Mary’s long hospital stay. The mission of the nonprofit they started in her memory is to help create that calming environment for other young patients at the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital. (Photo submitted)


SportsTigers take long streak into playoffs

Boys hockey team has won 16 straight

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Farmington goes into the sec-tion boys hockey playoffs with the state’s longest active winning streak at 16 games. If the Tigers can extend that by three, they will go to the state Class AA tournament for the first time. Easier said than done, though. If the Tigers are to reach the state tourney, they might have to get past both teams from the neighboring city to the west. Farmington is seeded second in the Section 1AA playoffs and faces seventh-seeded Rochester John Marshall in a quarterfi-nal game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Schmitz-Maki Arena. A vic-tory would send them to the semifinals at 8 p.m. Saturday at Rochester Rec Center, possibly against third-seeded Lakeville South. If the Tigers beat their first two section opponents, they could meet up with No. 1 seed Lakeville North in the champi-onship game. Lakeville North, the South Suburban Conference champion, spent time at No. 1 in the state Class AA rankings and last week had three players ver-bally commit to play Division I college hockey at St. Cloud State. Farmington also goes into the playoffs as a conference champion. The Tigers won the Missota Conference for the first time in 38 years, clinching the title with a 5-3 victory over Sha-kopee on Feb. 13. They also will be the last Missota champion as the conference is disbanding after the 2013-14 school year. Farmington will join the South Suburban Conference in the fall. The Tigers finished the regu-lar season 21-3-1 overall and 13-0-1 in the conference after beating Chaska 5-2 on Feb. 15. Their tie in conference play was against New Prague in Decem-ber, but Farmington beat New Prague 4-3 in the rematch Jan. 28. They have not lost since Dec. 17, when they fell 8-2 at Rose-mount. Junior forward Justin Novak was one of the metro area’s lead-ing scorers in the regular season with 53 points, leading a Tigers offense that averaged 5.2 goals per game. Novak has 38 assists, including 13 on Tiger power plays. Farmington’s offense is bal-anced to the point where seven players have 25 points or more this season, an average of at least one point per game. Against Chaska, five players – Landon Nielsen, Grady Hauswirth, No-vak, Wyatt Jensen and Dallas Tucker – had one goal each. In goal, Gage Overby has a 2.31 goals-against average and .890 save percentage. Nick Schoening has a 1.42 goals-against average and .919 save percentage. Dodge County, Rochester Mayo, Owatonna and Roches-ter Century also are in the Sec-tion 1AA tournament, which Lakeville teams have dominated recently. Lakeville teams have won the section nine times since 2002, with Lakeville North tak-ing it the last two years. The last non-Lakeville team to make it out of Section 1AA was Roch-ester Century in 2009. Farmington has been to state in 1994 and 2000, playing in the Class A tourney both years. The Tigers were Class A consolation champions in 2000.

Tiger wrestling Farmington reached the semifinals of the Class 3A, Sec-tion 1 wrestling team tourna-ment before losing to Owatonna 42-16 last Saturday at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester. Hast-ings then defeated Owatonna 33-24 for the section champion-ship. The Tigers defeated Roches-ter John Marshall 60-12 on Feb. 13 to advance to the Section 1 semifinals in Rochester for the first time. Next up is the Section 1 in-dividual tournament beginning Friday at the Mayo Civic Cen-ter. Farmington’s state tourna-ment hopefuls include Taylor Venz (the Class 3A champion at 106 pounds last season), Matt Rustad and Joe Hoeve.

Waiting is worth itRosemount sends team to state gymnastics

for first time since 1993 by Mike Shaughnessy


How long has it been since Rosemount went to the state gymnastics team competition? Put it this way: The last time was before any of the current gymnasts were born. The Irish qualified for state for the first time in 21 years by winning the Section 3AA championship last Friday at Eagan High School. Rose-mount’s previous state appear-ances were in 1987 and 1993. “It was very exciting for me and the girls,” said Rosemount coach Jason Passeri, who will take the team to state for the first time in his 16 years as the Irish’s coach. Rosemount scored 146.85 points to East Ridge’s 146.05 but had to come from behind to win the section champion-ship. The Irish had problems on uneven bars, their first event, with none of their gym-nasts finishing higher than sev-enth. They scored 34.975 on bars, putting them 1.2 points behind East Ridge, which pre-ceded Rosemount in the event. Rosemount made up most of the deficit on balance beam, scoring 37 points to East Ridge’s 35.9. Rosemount took a tiny lead after the floor exer-cise. On vault, the final event, East Ridge “looked awesome in warmups, so I knew it could be close,” Passeri said. “Unfor-tunately for them they missed two vaults during the compe-tition and we had one of our best vault scores of the year with a 37.5.”

The Irish will go to the state team competition at 6 p.m. Friday at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion. Roseville is two-time defend-ing state champion but No. 1-ranked Northfield goes in as a slight favorite. Roseville was second in the state coaches association’s final Class AA rankings. Rosemount was fifth. The only teams in the top 10 not to advance to state are sixth-ranked Winona/Winona Cotter, which lost to North-field in the Section 1AA meet, and No. 9 East Ridge, the Sec-tion 3AA runner-up to Rose-mount. Park of Cottage Grove, last year’s Section 3AA champion, finished third in Friday’s meet with 143.05 points. Three Rosemount gymnasts also qualified for the individu-al portion of the state meet at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Universi-ty of Minnesota. Eighth-grad-er Josie Schlie finished second in the Section 3AA all-around with 37.45, was champion on beam with 9.65, tied for first on floor exercise with 9.5 and finished second on vault with 9.475. Schlie tied for sixth on vault at the 2013 state Class AA meet and finished 22nd in the all-around. Meghan Creese, a sopho-more, was section champion on vault with 9.5. Also advancing individually was eighth-grader Shannon McCoy, who took third on beam with 9.325. Mc-Coy also was sixth on vault, missing qualifying for state in that event by .05.

McCoy and Abby Nelson were sixth and ninth in the sec-tion all-around. Northfield junior Bailey DuPay will defend her Class AA state championships in the

all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Rosemount’s Kailey Askew vaults at the Section 3AA meet last week at Eagan High School. The Irish took first place and will go to the state team competition this week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Irish take second in Section 3 wrestlingTop-ranked Apple Valley is roadblock

in title match by Mike Shaughnessy


Apple Valley wrestling teams had grown accustomed to set-ting aside distractions, but this was different. The Eagles qualified for the state team competition for the 32nd consecutive year after de-feating Rosemount 60-9 in the Class 3A, Section 3 champion-ship match Friday night. It was not necessarily smooth sailing for the Eagles. Within the last several weeks, two varsity wrestlers left the program and enrolled at other schools. David Lee Racer, whose son Dayton won the Class 3A 145-pound championship last year, went public with his griev-ances, alleging in a Star Tribune article that other parents had grown jealous of his son’s suc-cess and had sought to get him suspended from the team. If these issues hindered Ap-ple Valley at the section team tournament, it was difficult to tell. The Eagles outscored op-ponents 201-12 in three dual meets, dropping only three matches along the way. Apple Valley (30-0) advances to the Class 3A team tournament Feb. 27 at Xcel Energy Center. The

Eagles’ first opponent will be Maple Grove (19-14) at 9 a.m. They will seek a ninth consecu-tive state championship. Asked if he thought the neg-ative publicity affected his team, Eagles coach Dalen Wasmund said, “that’s always a danger. We’ve been talking a lot about focusing on the things you can control instead of the things you can’t.” Kyle Rathman (106), Gross (138), Daivonte Young (152), Mark Hall (170), Bobby Ste-veson (182) and Paul Cheney (220) won their matches by fall against Rosemount. The Eagles

did not use two of their highly ranked wrestlers, Maolu Woi-wor (No. 1 at 132) and Lord Josh Hyeamang (285) in the team championship match. Rosemount’s Adam Hedin, ranked third in the state at 132, won by decision and Payton Ot-terdahl, ranked ninth at 285, won by fall in 17 seconds. “We were hoping to be in the championship match,” said Rosemount coach Brett Larson, whose team is ranked 11th in Class 3A. “We had a good day. A lot of things can happen, but (the Eagles) have kids who are ranked No. 1 in the state and in

the top five in the country.” Rosemount beat East Ridge 74-6 in the quarterfinals, then beat ninth-ranked Eastview 39-26 in the semifinals. “We knew we needed to get some bonus points against East-view,” Larson said, “and the pins we got from Grant Jackson (145) and Connor Busho were huge. I think those 12 points turned the match in our favor.”

Individual tournament The Class 3A, Section 3 in-dividual tournament is Friday and Saturday at Eagan High School. The field includes four 2013 state champions from Apple Valley – Woiwor, Gross, Hall and Cheney – and Was-mund said he believes there’s a reasonable chance the Eagles can have a state qualifier at ev-ery weight. Rosemount’s Hedin, Jake Baker (113) and Otterdahl are among their school’s top con-tenders to qualify for the state meet. George Farmah (ranked fifth at 126), Nick Pegelow (fifth at 195) and Jacob Ruka-vina (seventh at 160) lead East-view’s hopefuls. Eagan’s Nasir Ali is ranked eighth at 106, while Dawit Gebreb (120) and Joe Dubbels (152) are ranked ninth in their weight classes. Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Craig Syzmanski of Rosemount tries to maintain control of Apple Valley’s Gabe Steveson in a 195-pound match during the Class 3A, Section 3 team final. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Milestone achievement for Tigers playerFarmington guard

Sofia Chadwick goes to the basket in Tuesday night’s

Missota Confer-ence girls basketball game against North-

field. Chadwick scored 29 points

and reached 1,000 for her career, but the Tigers lost 63-52. (Photo by Jim

Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

MINUTES OF JANUARY 27, 2014

SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGChairperson Rob Duchscher

called the special School Board meeting to order at 5 p.m. on Janu-ary 27, 2014 at the District Office.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen, Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

Motion by Coulson, seconded by Huusko and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the revised agenda.

The School Board is meeting in special session to give prelimi-nary consideration of allegations or charges regarding an employee. The School Board may also receive attorney-client privileged informa-tion from its attorney during the meeting. The Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statute § 13D.05, sub-division 2(b) and Minnesota Statue § 13D.05, subdivision 3(b) permits a meeting to be closed for prelimi-nary consideration of allegations or charges regarding an employee and for purposes of the attorney-client privilege.

Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Magnuson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to close the meeting.

Superintendent Berenz, Director of Human Resources Tom Peder-stuen and School District Attorney Jill Coyle presented facts for the preliminary consideration of allega-tions against an employee.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to reopen the meeting.

Motion by Coulson, seconded by Magnuson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve a resolution to expel a student immediately for the remain-der of the 2013-14 school year, continuing through and including June 11, 2014 3 (Exhibit A).

Pederstuen stated that the dis-trict is required to submit a pay equity report to the state every three years (Exhibit B). The report assures compliance with the state pay equity law which requires gen-der-fair compensation for public employees.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the report.

Director of Secondary Educa-tion Mark Parr asked the board to approve a resolution authorizing support of Form B/C Applications to the Minnesota State High School League Foundation (Exhibit C) for district high schools.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the resolution.

Pederstuen asked the board to approve revisions to the 2013-14 school year calendar (Exhibit D) to make up two of the five days of instructional time lost because of extremely cold weather in January.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Huusko and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the calendar revisions.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:02 p.m.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194 REGULAR BOARD

MEETING JANUARY 28, 2014

This is a summary of the Indepen-dent School District No. 194 Regular School Board Meeting on Tues., Jan-uary 28, 2014 with full text availablefor public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at7:01 p.m. followed by pledge of alle-giance. All board members and ad-ministrators were present.

Public Comment: The followingshared feelings regarding boundarychange proposal: Erick Fisk, 16243Hominy Path; Dawn Lunde, 16536Horizon Ave; and Karla Wells, 16522Hudson Avenue.

Consent agenda items approved: Minutes of the meetings on January14; employment recommendations, leave requests and resignations; pay-ment of bills & claims as presented; wire transfers & investments; dona-tions; fieldtrips; time/date of regularboard meetings for 2014; board com-mittee assignments.

Reports presented: CommunityEducation Advisory Council update.

Recommended actions approved: Calendar adjustments to account for weather make-up days.

Closed Session: Discussion regard-ing Superintendent evaluation.

Adjournment at 9:31 p.m. Published in the

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

MINUTES OF JANUARY 6, 2014

ORGANIZATION AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Chairperson Rob Duchscher called the organizational and regu-lar School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on January 6, 2014 at Da-kota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

Roll call to establish a quorum. Present: Joel Albright, Art Coulson, Gary Huusko, Jackie Magnuson, Mike Roseen, Bob Schutte and Rob Duchscher.

Superintendent Jane K. Berenz was also present.

Duchscher administered the Oath of Office to recently elected board members Huusko, Coulson and Roseen.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Magnuson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

Election of officers for January through December 2014 went as follows:

Magnuson nominated Rob Duchscher to the office of chair-person. Coulson seconded the

nomination. There being no other nominations, Duchscher closed the nominations. Motion carried with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Albright nominated Jackie Mag-nuson to the office of vice chair-person. Huusko seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duchscher closed the nominations. Motion carried with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Albright nominated Gary Huusko to the office of clerk. Coulson sec-onded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duchscher closed the nominations. Motion carried with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Huusko nominated Art Coulson to the office of treasurer. Albright seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duch-scher closed the nominations. Mo-tion carried with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the School Board commit-tees and appointments for January through December 2014 as pre-sented in Exhibit A1.

The board recognized Scott Du-rocher, Eastview High School, who received an Outstanding Individual in Communication and Theater Award from the Communication and Theater Association of Minne-sota (CTAM).

Berenz congratulated:• Rosemount High School

marching band students and staff on their outstanding performance in the Rose Parade;

• Cathy Kindem, coordinator of Innovative Educational Programs, for receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching;

• John Greene, Falcon Ridge Middle School, on being selected the Minnesota Music Educator of the Year;

• Juniors from each high school who were nominated for the ExCEL Award, and

• noted that the week of January 12 is Paraprofessional Recognition Week in Minnesota.

Motion by Coulson, seconded by Huusko and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of December 9, 2013 regular board meeting (Exhibit A2);

Claims for December 4-17, 2013 (Exhibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for November 30-December 13, 2013 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for November 30-December 13, 2013 (Exhibit B3);

A manual signature, in addi-tion to the facsimile signatures on checks of $100,000 or more, of ei-ther the School Board chairperson, treasurer, clerk, superintendent, director of finance and operations or director of secondary education (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received for the month ending December 18, 2013 (Exhibit B5);

Gifts valued under $500 and to-taling $61,966.35 received through December 31, 2013 (Exhibit B6);

Advertising revenue valued under $500 and totaling $1,100 received by December 18, 2013 (Exhibit B7);

Contract with Diversified Snack Distribution for snack and bever-age products during 2013-14 for $71,969.20 (Exhibit B8), and

Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1).

Director of Communications Tony Taschner presented a legis-lative update of the 2013 session which provided E-12 education with an additional $485 million in funding for 2013-14 and next year.

He reported the 2014 session begins on February 25, it’s a non-funding session and the Governor has dubbed it the “unsession” with a focus on eliminating unnecessary laws, rules and requirements. Other topics likely to be address include bullying prohibition, facility needs for full-day kindergarten, early learning and security, and expand-ed early learning and college-credit opportunities.

Taschner outlined the district’s legislative advocacy efforts and explained last year’s formation of the Legislative Advisory Council (LAC) to better involve and engage citizens. During the 2014 session the LAC will help develop and com-municate legislative priorities, visit with local legislators and legislative leaders, and establish an advocacy e-network to communicate alerts.

Taschner shared possible leg-islative priorities for the 2014 ses-sion such as greater local funding authority to provide additional space for full-day kindergarten and expanded early learning programs; safety and security improvements to schools, and up-to-date learning technology. Also being considered are fewer mandates and report-ing requirements. On behalf of the district, Senator Greg Clausen is sponsoring a bill on the authority to use lease levy funds to purchase a satellite transportation facility. He noted District 196 schools hosted Senator Franken this fall and will host a couple of Minnesota senate meetings the week of January 13.

The LAC is scheduled to pres-ent recommendations for the 2014 Legislative Platform at the February 10 School Board meeting.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon asked the board to approve the 2013-14 final bud-get (Exhibit E) that was presented in detail at the December 9 board meeting. He pointed out the bud-get document includes a great re-source, “A Budget Guide For Our Community.”

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the final budget.

Berenz announced nominations for the Andrew Christopher Randall Travel Award are being accepted through February 21.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:40 p.m.

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Obituaries

Engagements

CHRISTENSEN/SAFFLE

Jennifer Christensen and Christopher Saffle both of Farmington are engaged to be married.

Parents of the couple are Alfred and Mary Christensen, and Dar-rell and Judy Saffle all of Farmington. An August 2014 wedding is being planned.

sessions to enroll next year’s kindergarten stu-dents: 4:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Akin Road Elementary; 2 and 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Farmington Elementary; 2 and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Meadowview Elemen-tary; 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Riverview Elementary; 9 a.m. for A-M families, 1 p.m., N-Z families, and 5 p.m., for those who can’t attend earlier sessions Feb. 27 at North Trail El-ementary. Originally, roundup sessions were set for January, but the district pushed back the dates to finish defining atten-dance areas and maxi-mum school capacities so parents would know which schools to attend for roundup sessions, said

Laura Pierce, director of innovative programming. Because of the influx of all-day kindergarten stu-dents, it was necessary for the district to reevaluate those attendance areas to balance out and provide room for the additional students. The district won’t know kindergarten en-rollment numbers until after the roundups, but Colmark said estimates are that the district would need to hire six to nine additional kindergarten teachers for next year. This year, the district offered the option of all-day kindergarten for a fee, with a total of 192 students and their fami-lies opting for full days. For 2013-2014, the dis-trict had approximately 550 kindergarten students

enrolled. Pierce said families can still talk with their building principals about a half-day option if they are hesitant to enroll their students in all-day kin-dergarten, but most fami-lies are interested in the all-day option. The dis-trict will not be providing midday transportation for those opting for the half-day enrollment. She added that the benefits of having stu-dents enrolled for a full day are numerous, includ-ing how they adjust to the routine of school, from getting snow clothes on for outside recess, to the process of school lunch. Kindergarten teach-ers are fully aware of the transition these children will face, Pierce said, as they transition to a full

school day, and they will design the schedules around that, particu-larly at the beginning of the school year, when all students transition from their summer schedules to the routine of all day school again. At meetings last fall, teachers spoke of the benefits of all-day kin-dergarten including clos-ing achievement gaps and improving social skills. It will also provide for a less hurried academic setting. Another benefit will be that a teacher will be able to focus on smaller class-es, 22-24 students, allow-ing teachers to custom-ize their education to a smaller group. With half-day kindergarten, teach-ers are responsible for more than 40 students.

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Leslie’s law enforcement career spans more than 30 years having worked in and with state and federal agencies, serving as an as-sistant commissioner of the Minnesota Depart-ment of Public Safety, where he led and managed the divisions of the BCA, State Patrol, State Fire Marshall and Homeland Security and Emergency Management among oth-ers. Leslie spent 20-plus years with the St. Paul Police Department. He worked his way from pa-trol and street crimes to SWAT commander and senior commander of the

Eastern District. He han-dled multiple assignments including communica-tions, K-9, narcotics and vice. “I have had the op-portunity to work closely with Tim Leslie since he became our county’s chief deputy sheriff in 2010, and I can tell you that he has the experience and skills needed to be the next Da-kota County sheriff,” Da-kota County Attorney Jim Backstrom said in the re-lease. “He is an outstand-ing leader and manager who is highly respected by his law enforcement col-leagues throughout Min-nesota. Tim Leslie cares deeply about protecting public safety and he will

be an excellent sheriff.” Other people listed as supporters in Leslie’s release included former Dakota County Sheriff Don Gudmundson, for-mer Lakeville Police Chief Tom Vonhof, and cur-rent Police Chiefs Brian Lindquist (Farmington), Eric Werner (Rosemount) and Eric Gieseke (Burns-ville). Leslie and his wife, Ju-lie, have lived in Dakota County for nearly 30 years. He is a past member of the West St. Paul-Mendo-ta Heights-Eagan School Board and a youth sports coach. His campaign website is at http://timleslieforsher-iff.com.

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participation.” The move also aims to improve logistics as there have been some past traf-fic concerns because of the lack of parking. There will be more parking available during the parade, since the City Hall and Central Park lot is expected to be open. It was closed during past pa-rades because that’s were many of the rides and food booths were set up for Midsummer Faire. Having the parade on a day when there’s also a carnival and fireworks late into the night has meant long hours for committee members along with Rose-mount police, public works and parks employees. In previous years, many committee members and other volunteers were needed to help prepare, work and clean up after the parade, meaning an early morning start. Since the Midsummer Faire also occurred on the same day with a car-nival and live music, many committee members were required to be on task for nearly 18 or 20 hours straight. “We have some of us who have been involved with this for many years,

and it was difficult for us to cover everything we needed to do and make it a great event for everyone,” Wellman said. It was also a difficult decision knowing the ef-fect the parade will have on people who have made a tradition of watching the parade in the afternoon and coming back later to Central Park at night for the Midsummer Faire. “We know some people are going to be upset, and we respect their opinions, but we feel this will be bet-ter for all of Leprechaun Days,” Wellman said. Since the final Lepre-chaun Days schedule will not be released until the end of June, it is possible other events will be slated on July 19 in Central Park or other locations. Due to the change in the parade date, the Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun post-parade event at Light-house Community Church will also move to July 19. At this time, other tra-ditional second weekend events are expected to re-main in place – the Mid-summer Faire, headliner musical acts and fireworks. Rosemount Parks and Recreation’s Run for the Gold and Shamrock Sprint will continue to be on the first weekend before

the parade – this year on July 19 in the morning at the Rosemount Commu-nity Center. One other major sched-ule change is that the Blue-grass Americana Weekend has been moved from its traditional slot during the first weekend of Lep-rechaun Days to the last weekend in June, during the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s new event – Art-Blast, which is being tout-ed as a week of arts events June 23-28. More about ArtBlast events will be in a future edition. Bathtub Races The past three years, Lighthouse Community Church has organized the Bathtub Races, but the event is looking for a new sponsor this year. Lighthouse has pledged a mentor and all the equip-ment needed to help the community group that takes over the event. Community groups in-terested in organizing the event should contact the Leprechaun Days Com-mittee at [email protected]. More updates about Rosemount Leprechaun Days can be found at www.RosemountEvents.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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Books New York Times bestsell-ing author Elizabeth Berg, 7-8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Berg will discuss her latest book, “Tap-estry of Fortunes,” the story of four women venturing into their pasts in order to shape their futures. Copies of the book will be available to purchase.

Exhibits Burnsville Visual Arts So-ciety’s Art Fete, Feb. 13 to March 23, Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4685. “Opposing Landscapes,” a photography exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display during February at Dunn Bros Cof-fee, 1012 Diffley Road, Eagan. Includes images captured at Lake Moraine, Alberta, Canada, and the Badlands near Rapid City, S.D. “My Minnesota,” a photog-raphy exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display through March 10 at Dunn Bros Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farming-ton. Features images captured near Grand Marais. Winter Art Experience, an exhibit sponsored by the Ea-gan Art Festival and Eagan Art House, is on display through February at the Eagan Byerly’s, 1299 Promenade Place. Infor-mation: 651-675-5521.

Music Sirens of the ’60s: The Girl Singers of the Hit Pa-rade, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $22 adults, $18 seniors and students. Information: 952-985-4640. South Metro Chorale Cab-aret Show, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Si-lent auction at 6:30 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors and stu-dents at 612-386-4636 or by email ([email protected]).

Theater “Simpatico,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22, Feb. 28, March 1, March 3, March 6-8, and 2 p.m. March 9, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tick-ets: $20 adults, $17 students/seniors at Ticketmaster.com or 800-982-2787. “Scooby-Doo! Live Musi-cal Mysteries,” 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets

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Saturday, Feb. 22 Providing Emotional Sup-port to Your Children, 9-11 a.m., InnerLight Healing Center, 17305 Cedar Ave. S., Lakeville. Cost: $39. Registration/infor-mation: counselingandhealing.com, 952-435-4144. Volunteer Income Tax As-sistance (VITA), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak limited English, or whose an-nual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax preparation assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (in-cluding property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family Social Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax re-turn. No appointments taken.

Thursday, Feb. 27 AARP Tax Aide, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Tax preparation help for low-income seniors, adults and families. Registration re-quired at 952-891-0300. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), 2-6 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak lim-ited English, or whose annual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax prep-aration assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (including

property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family So-cial Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax return. No ap-pointments taken. Clear Communication workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Free. Register at http:// thrive-therapymn.com. Home staging seminar, 7-8 p.m., Rosemount Commu-nity Center, Room 215, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Learn the tricks professional stagers and real estate agents use to make homes attractive and enticing to buyers. Presented by Patty Farris, interior designer, and Denise Sjoberg, Realtor. Free. Apple Valley Garden Club meeting, 7:15 p.m., Apple Val-ley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Marty Bergland will give a presentation on herbs. Free.

Friday, Feb. 28 Eagan Grace Support Group for infant loss, 6:30-8:30 p.m. RSVP to [email protected]. Information: http://www.babylovemn.com/eagan-grace-support-group/.

Saturday, March 1 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon, Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Items for sale include locally produced food items such as honey, jams, sauces, sweet treats, artisan bakery items, strudel, root veg-etables and more.

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Firearm safety class, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, March 4 to April 29 (no class March 25), at Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St. W., Rosemount. Range day on April 26. Regis-tration night will be Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. A parent or legal guard-ian must accompany student to registration. Class fee is $7.50. Upon class completion, a $7.50 DNR fee is paid online to self-certify. Class size limited. Mini-mum age to attend is 11. To en-roll student(s), send full name, age and name of parent or legal guardian to [email protected].

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Feb. 21, noon to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • Feb. 22, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 14638 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. • Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. • March 3, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Ascen-sion, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burns-ville. • March 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Edina Realty, 17271 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • March 4, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville.

The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade’s latest musical revue, “Sirens of the ’60s,” salutes some of the best-loved female vocalists of the 1960s in a 7:30 p.m. performance Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Advance tickets are $22 for adults and $18 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com and at the Arts Center. For more information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

Matt Wall, left, and Brendon Etter are among the cast of Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of “Simpatico.” (Photo by Corinna Knepper Troth)

Dark plots unfold in ‘Simpatico’

Noir-style drama from Chameleon Theatre Circle opens Feb. 21

Hidden identities come to light, betrayals abound and long-buried secrets are revealed in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s dark dra-ma “Simpatico,” which will be presented by Cha-meleon Theatre Circle Feb. 21 through March 9 in the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre. “Simpatico” follows Lyle Carter, a man who believes all his mistakes are behind him, but whose life starts to unravel after a desperate phone call from an old associate. Chameleon’s produc-tion is directed by Mat-thew Greseth and the cast features Frank Blomgren, Brendon Etter, Kelly Hou-lehan, Elizabeth Olson as Kelly, Matt Wall and Ka-

tie Wodele. The show’s producers advise that “Simpatico” contains adult situations and language as well as simulated violence. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22, Feb. 28, March 1, March 3, March 6-8, and 2 p.m. March 9. The show on Monday, March 3, is “Pay What You Can” night, at which audience members can set their own price for a tick-et; that evening’s perfor-mance will be followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the Burns-ville PAC’s box office, at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-982-2787.

—Andrew Miller

range from $25-$65 at Ticket-master.com or 800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other Watercolor class by Can-vas and Soul, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Mediterranean Cruise Café. No experience necessary, appetizers included. Register by emailing [email protected]. Informa-tion: www.canvasandsoul.com. Art-themed birthday par-ties are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $125-$135 for up to 10 people. Additional guests are $12.50 per child. Supplies pro-vided. Information: 651-675-5521. Winter art classes are open for registration at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/ea-gan-art-house, 651-675-5521. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Adult painting open stu-dio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per

session. Information: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Act-Sing-Dance winter session enrollment open for ages 7-17. Burnsville location. Information: 952-220-1676, Drama Interaction. Homeschool Theatre Pro-gram, winter session open enrollment, Wednesdays, ages 7-17. In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644.

Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1-3 p.m. Information: 651-675-5500. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Mar-ilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

‘Sirens of the ’60s’ sizzle


The art of mounted animals Local photographer’s ‘Moving Skin’ exhibit

focuses on taxidermy

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


For her new photo ex-hibit, Courtney Reints turned her artist’s gaze on stuffed animals — and we’re not talking about teddy bears. “Moving Skin,” which opened Feb. 15 at CO Ex-hibitions in Minneapolis, marks the first solo gal-lery show for Reints, a 2009 graduate of Apple Valley’s School of Envi-ronmental Studies who went on to major in pho-tography at the Minne-apolis College of Art and Design. The exhibit, and its focus on taxidermy, grew out of a college project around the theme of “the expressive body.” While many of the other stu-dents focused on people — and especially dancers — as their subject matter, Reints found inspiration in mounted bucks. “A lot of my family is from South Dakota, so it’s something I grew up around — we have a lot of hunters in our fam-ily,” said Reints, 22, who photographed the 13 im-ages featured in “Moving Skin” at sites throughout Minnesota, including a particularly fruitful photo shoot at Taxidermy Un-limited in Burnsville. No appointment was necessary, she recalled. “I just walked in to Taxidermy Unlimited and asked if I could pho-tograph,” she said. “The owner Marv (Gaston) was a great guy to talk to, and he let me photograph throughout the building.”

Reints, who works as a production manager at The Lab digital printing studio in Minneapolis, produced “Moving Skin” with an artist initiative grant from the Minne-sota State Arts Board. She brought an artist’s eye, and a philosophical bent, to the taxidermied animals that served as her subjects. “Seized during nature’s docile moments, taxi-dermy can resurrect an animal’s form as a sym-bol of achievement, the ultimate document of a hunt’s fortune,” she said in an artist’s statement posted on the CO Exhi-

bitions website. “An au-thentic record of antler, feather and flesh. These inert fragments reveal the evocatively raw and ele-gantly beautiful nature of nature.” “Moving Skin” runs through March 7 at CO Exhibitions located at 1101 Stinson Blvd. in northeast Minneapolis. Admission is free, and all the photos are avail-able for purchase. More about the exhibit is at bur-lesquedesign.com/temp/coexhibitions. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Comedy and magic The Rosemount Area Arts Council will host Comedy Club at the Steeple Center 7:30-9 p.m. Saturday, March 8. The PG performance features Dennis Carney and William Hill with guest star Pizpor the Magician. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at www.rosemountarts.com or at The Front Porch at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail.

Michael Monroe at the Frozen Apple Acoustic artist Mi-chael Monroe is bring-ing his blend of folk, jazz and reggae to the Valleywood Golf Course clubhouse on Satur-day, March 1, as the fi-nal performance in this year’s Frozen Apple win-ter concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the clubhouse located at 4851 McAndrews Road,

Lehto & Wright, a Celtic-American folk-rock band, takes the stage for a 7:30 p.m. performance Friday, March 7, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $17.50 at the door. Tickets are available online at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Arts Center. For more information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

“Two Deer,” one of 13 images featured in Courtney Reints’s “Moving Skin” exhibit, was photographed at Taxidermy Unlimited in Burnsville. (Photo submitted)

Courtney Reints

and food and beverages, including a full bar, will be available for purchase.

More about the concert is at www.avartsfounda-tion.org.

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